Analyzing Evil: Menace II Society

Hello everyone and welcome to the one hundred twenty ninth episode of Analyzing Evil! Our feature topic for this video are the characters and themes of Menace II Society. I hope you enjoy, and thanks for watching. If you have any feedback or questions feel free to let me know below!

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[brettstarks]

Such a sad ending. “My grandfather once asked me if I cared whether or not I lived or died. Turns out I do, but now it’s too late.”

[hakarumonoka]

O-Dog was crazy loyal as a friend, but also just purely insane.

[ChrisWelsh-tx]

O - dog is a straight up sociopath. His complete lack of compassion, empathy or more importantly guilt for the people he has killed as well as his total detached and unrelenting violent nature is one of the most unsettling characterizations ever put on screen depicting this type of evil. Cain on the other hand is definitely both a villain and a victim. His traumatic upbringing and social surroundings are instrumental in his outlook on life but the real interesting thing about Caine's character is that he's able to compartmentalise his emotions and thoughts and acknowledge the severity of the chaos in his life but unfortunately continues to make to make bad choices that will sadly result in his death. One of the most powerful, thought provoking movies of all time.

[wildnregaltv]

I wasn’t expecting a historical breakdown of how communities like Kane & O-Dog’s became what they are. Your depth is thoroughly appreciated.

[MrSFblack]

In Cain's last monologue, he says "I did too much to go back, and too much to go on". Those words go to show that the evil we put out into the world always have consequences. And those consequences have no expiration date, even if we've changed our lives for good.

[artoffacts]

I think the afro centrist characters death was the most saddening because he was the closest to changing his life around but he hung out with the wrong people thinking he could change them.

[danadane]

Probably one of the most unbiased run down I've ever heard about this movie or the struggle of anyone growing up in a hellish/completely unjust environment.

[jayDee]

It's so messed up Sharif got killed while he was the good one but O-Dog didn't get a scratch on him.

[bornimusic]

“As long as you’re still breathing, it’s never too late.”

Beautiful work. Thank you.

[jonathanrobison]

10:00 “it’s not healthy for any group of people to judge others based on the blanket assumption they have made of whichever group of people they belong to” probably one of the most powerful statements you have made across all of your videos, at least in my opinion. Thank you for another amazing video!

[jayforeman]

The evil here is society itself and the apathy and lack of understanding we all can have towards problems that seem too hard or complicated to solve.

[damianstarks]

This movie is childhood memories I can’t thank you enough for doing a video on this movie.

[seamusmoran]

Thank you for covering my favorite film of all time

[scifyry]

Platoon, in my opinion, is the military equivalent of Menace II Society. Theyre both full of grit, tension, and violence. No one wins. Both films do a good job of not romanticizing either situation but some individuals will.

[AlmightyFlameV]

I know the channel analyzing evil but can we get a round of applause for Kane’s grandparents. Those are the “Riots” survivors who tried to raise Kane the right way! Salute them Ancestors!

[novaninja]

This is easily one of my favorite movies ever, I can't believe you're covering this. GOATED

[wiseone]

I like this creator's style. He speaks rationally and always explains the character's POV clearly and concisely. Another excellent presentation, A+ 🤔

[KenDaKingArrives]

The fact that they offer us his perspective but don't reveal (and only infer) that it's from beyond the grave...wow

[UnofficialAnti-Ignorance]

It's just insane how even 30 years later, this film still hits home. I had moved to Canada, after watching this film upon release.
It's really sad how things haven't changed for the better.

[CBright]

The thing that always disturbed me is how casual the characters treated murder. One example is when the homeless drug addict gets shot down in cold blood by O-Dog and his friends do the equivalent of shrugging their shoulders while O-Dog offers them a food bag that presumably has a burger in it. That's not the only time that happens in the movie. While I did not grow up in that environment, I know and have spoken to a lot of people who have, and they say murder and death becomes a natural occurrence after a while.